The Princeton baseball team has produced 25 Major Leaguers since its inception in the late 19th century. Many of those players ascended to the Major Leagues in the early 1900s but Princeton has seen a resurgence recently as the Tigers currently have three alums on Major League rosters. The trio includes Chris Young and Will Venable, both with the San Diego Padres, and Pittsburgh Pirate Ross Ohlendorf. Princeton also had a fourth player earn Major League time last season as TIm Lahey opened the season on the Philadelphia Phillies' roster, but was sent down to the Minors before appearing in a game.

Princeton had had six Major League players since the end of World War II with John Easton playing for Philadelphia in the 1950s, Dave Sisler pitching for four teams in the late 50s and early 60s and Bob Tufts pitching for San Francisco and Kansas City in the early 1980s.

Below is the complete list of Princeton's Major Leaguers with the years and teams each played with:

The Princeton baseball team has seen 43 of its players be drafted in the Major League Baseball amateur entry draft since the draft began in 1965. Eighteen of those picks have occurred since 2000.

Robert Schiffner is Princeton's highest ever draft pick. He was selected 37th overall in the 1971 June secondary draft by the New York Yankees. At the time, high school players were drafted in a January draft and college players were chosen in June. Princeton's next two highest picks were B.J. Szymanski and Thomas Pauly, picked in 2004 and 2003 respectively, both by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the draft.

Four of Princeton's draft choices have made it to the Major Leagues. Chris Young was selected 89th overall in 2000 in the third round by Pittsburgh and made it to the Majors with Texas before being traded to San Diego. Ross Ohlendorf was the 116th pick in the fourth round of the 2004 draft by Arizona and made it to the Majors with the New York Yankees before a trade to Pittsburgh. Will Venable was picked twice, following his junior and senior seasons. He was the 218th pick in the seventh round by San Diego when he signed in 2005 and he reached the Majors with the Padres. Lastly, Bob Tufts, the 296th pick in the the 12th round of the 1977 draft made it the Major Leagues with San Francisco, the team that drafted him, and also played for Kansas City.

Below is a list of all of Princeton's draft picks since 1965.

Pick

Round

Year

Player

MLB Team

Highest Level Reached (Current Team)

37

2

1971

Robert Schiffner !

New York Yankees

A

48

2

2004

B.J. Szymanski

Cincinnati Reds

AAA

51

2

2003

Thomas Pauly

Cincinnati Reds

A+

83

4

1971

Ray Huard #

Detroit Tigers

A+

87

3

2009

David Hale

Atlanta Braves

A+ * (Lynchburg Hillcats A+)

89

3

2000

Chris Young

Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB * (New York Mets MLB)

116

4

2004

Ross Ohlendorf

Arizona Diamondbacks

MLB * (Pittsburgh Pirates MLB)

197

8

1986

Drew Stratton

Oakland Athletics

A+

213

9

1983

Steve Kordish

Texas Rangers

AA

218

7

2005

Will Venable

San Diego Padres

MLB * (San Diego Padres MLB)

272

11

1985

Mike Fiala

Los Angeles Dodgers

A+

276

11

1981

Mark Lockenmeyer

Detroit Tigers

AA

283

12

1969

Michael Fremuth

Detroit Tigers

A+

296

12

1977

Bob Tufts

San Francisco Giants

MLB

368

19

1965

Jack Singer

St. Louis Cardinals

AA

410

13

2012

Matt Bowman

New York Mets

A (Brooklyn Cyclones)

424

18

1976

Mark Softy

New York Yankees

AA

439

15

2004

Will Venable $

Baltimore Orioles

MLB * (San Diego Padres MLB)

444

17

1986

Dan Arendas

New York Yankees

AA

458

18

1980

Roderick Shepard

Houston Astros

R

463

16

2004

Steve Young

Detroit Tigers

A

484

21

1970

Ray Huard $

Atlanta Braves

R

492

21

1973

Gary Blevins

New York Yankees

A-

583

12

1982

Steve Kordish $

Cleveland Indians

AA

601

20

2004

Tim Lahey

Minnesota Twins

AAA

624

24

1989

Jeff Barton

San Diego Padres

A-

653

29

1972

William Binder

San Francisco Giants

R

654

22

2002

Scott Hindman

California Angels

A

718

24

2002

Pat Boran

Boston Red Sox

A+

726

24

2009

Brad Gemberling

Arizona Diamondbacks

A+

737

33

1968

Stephen Cushmore

Detroit Tigers

AA

801

26

2007

Sal Iacono

Houston Astros

A

838

28

2000

Buster Small

Toronto Blue Jays

A-

891

54

1967

Thomas Peppler

Cincinnati Reds

A-

922

31

1998

Michael Hazen

San Diego Padres

A

940

31

2009

Jack Murphy

Toronto Blue Jays

AA * (Lansing Lugnuts A)

950

31

2008

Spencer Lucian

New York Yankees

R

1017

33

2012

Sam Mulroy

Los Angeles Angels

AAA (Orem Owlz)

1056

35

2010

Dan Barnes

Toronto Blue Jays

A * (Lansing Lugnuts A)

1085

36

2010

Bobby Geren $%

Oakland Athletics

-

1074

42

1988

Greg Kuzma

Texas Rangers

R

1098

36

2011

Tyler Servais $%

Colorado Rockies

-

1182

39

2008

Christian Staehely

Seattle Mariners

A

1271

46

1994

Matthew Golden

St. Louis Cardinals

AA

1276

42

2011

Brett Geren $%

Oakland Athletics

-

1345

46

1996

Mike Ciminiello

Detroit Tigers

A-

1354

45

2010

Michael Fagan $%

San Diego Padres

-

1366

46

2005

Worth Lumry

Seattle Mariners

R

1401

56

1991

John Nash

San Diego Padres

A

1417

48

1999

Scott Hindman $%

Cincinnati Reds

A

@

1996

Tom Hage

Baltimore Orioles

AA

@

1999

Justin Griffin

Cleveland Indians

A

@

2005

Brian Kappel

Seattle Mariners

A+

@

2006

Erik Stiller

Cleveland Indians

AA

@

2008

Steven Miller

Kansas City Royals

R

@

2009

Dan DeGeorge

Cleveland Indians

AA

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